Wharton (U Penn) 2006 MBA Application Toolbox

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Wharton

Official website
http://mba.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/admissions/

Class Size:
Approximately 820

Admissions and Application Process:
Applying to business school is a complex process that requires soul-searching, research, and preparation. The key to maximizing the value of an MBA is choosing a program that fits your learning style, career path, and future goals.

"Wharton's goal is to make the MBA admissions process as open and transparent as possible," says Thomas Caleel, Director of MBA Admissions. "We give you the information you need to make an informed choice." The admissions staff will help you throughout the application process, and we encourage you to use the student-2-student discussion boards — active online communities of applicants, staff, and students offering advice, information, and support, and to explore Wharton Student Diaries.

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How to apply
Using the Online System
Once you've registered and created a username and password, you can work on your essays and information and save your work over many sessions, then submit your final application. When you apply online, you will be able to track the status of your application electronically.

Because of the time it takes to send and receive mail from other countries, we encourage international applicants to use Wharton's online application rather than the printed application. If you apply online, please do not also submit a paper application.

If you have questions: Visit our Online Application FAQ, and explore the student-2-student discussion boards to ask or see whether the answer is there.

Software Requirements: This application has been tested for compatibility on Netscape Navigator versions 3.0 and higher and on Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 3.02 and higher. Parts of this application may not function properly on older browsers. In addition to a compatible browser, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you may download for free, to access certain documents. If you wish to use the Transcript Template to speed processing of your application, you will also need Microsoft Excel 97 and a browser that supports form-based file uploads, such as Netscape Navigator 3.0 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01.

Transcripts: Applicants to Wharton's full-time MBA Programs have two options for providing us with records of your academic work. You can submit unofficial transcripts of your academic work using the Microsoft Excel 97 Transcript Template in the online application. This option requires that you have access to Microsoft Excel 97 and that you use a Web browser (such as Netscape Navigator 4.05 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01) that supports form-based file uploads. Using the Transcript Template substantially accelerates application processing. Alternatively, you can have your academic records sent to us from the institutions at which you studied (click here for a request form).

If you use the Transcript Template and are offered admission, you will be required to provide official transcripts of all previous academic work to verify the information provided in the Template. If there are discrepancies between the self-reported academic work and official records, the offer of admission will be withdrawn. Offers of admission are not binding until academic records are verified.

Recommendations: The Admissions Committee requires two recommendations. You have two options for submitting these letters: electronic and paper. Recommenders with Web access and an e-mail address should submit recommendations electronically. After you have contacted them about providing you a recommendation, complete the recommendations request form on the Recommendations page, and check "Please email this person a recommendation request" beneath each recommender you wish us to contact. They will be sent e-mail messages with instructions and a Web address they should go to in order to complete your recommendation. You will then be notified by e-mail when we receive each recommendation.

To submit paper-based recommendations, download the Recommendation Form from the Recommendations page (also available in the printed application), print one copy for each recommender, and follow the directions provided on the form.

Essay Questions: All the essay questions have fields large enough for you to answer each question thoroughly.

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Testing Information
GMAT
All applicants must submit the results of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT). This test must be completed by the date of the application round to which you are applying. You can self-report your GMAT score in your application. If your test score is more than 5 years old from the date your application is received, you must retake the test. Wharton's GMAT code is 2926.

Contact information for GMAT registration:
Website: http://www.mba.com
Toll free: 1.800.GMAT.NOW
Phone: 1.609.771.7330
Address:
Educational Testing Service
GMAT
P.O. Box 6103
Princeton, NJ 08541.6103

TOEFL
If your native language is not English, you must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). This test must be completed by the date of the application round to which you are applying. You can self-report your TOEFL score on your application.

You may waive the TOEFL if you have earned an undergraduate or master's degree in an English-speaking country or from an institution in which English is the language of instruction. You must request this waiver in your application through the optional essay question. If your test score is more than 2 years old from the date we receive your application, you must retake the test. The TOEFL Code for the Wharton School is 2926-02.

Contact information for TOEFL registration:
Website: http://www.toefl.org
Phone: 1.609.771.7100
Address:
Educational Testing Service
TOEFL
P.O. Box 6103
Princeton, NJ 08541.6103

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Application Fees
A nonrefundable application fee of $200 for the MBA and MBA/MA Lauder (if applying by the paper application, this fee is $200 and is payable by personal check), or $150 for the MBA Program for Executives, must accompany this application. If applying online, credit card payments, made with a Visa or MasterCard only, are processed through Wharton's secure server using Verisign. You will not see the payment option until you submit your application.

Application Status:
Once you have submitted your application, you can track the status of your application by returning to this site, logging in using your username and password, and following the "Application Status" link.

Reapplication Instructions:
The MBA Admissions Office retains all applications for 2 years only. For more detailed instructions, visit Reapplication Procedures.

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Preparing a Successful Application
Academic Profile
We evaluate academic profiles looking for the ability to handle the Wharton MBA curriculum. Because the curriculum is quite rigorous, we must ensure that every admitted candidate can manage the workload successfully, with time left over to explore opportunities offered outside the classroom.

In any given year, 70 to 80 percent of candidates are admissible based on academic factors alone. However, only about 14 percent of the applicant pool can be admitted, so keep in mind that while your academic profiles is very important, it isn't the only factor we consider.

Measures of academic ability include undergraduate/baccalaureate preparation, additional academic work, standardized test scores, and other credentials.

Undergraduate/Baccalaureate Preparation: Your performance and preparation are considered based on the factors that led you to choose your school, the competitive level of your school, the curriculum you chose, and academic trends on your transcript.

Your intellectual curiosity may be demonstrated by the electives taken outside your major. Your grade point average (GPA), class division and/or class rank is weighed against other demands on your time, such as working while in school and/or heavy involvement in extracurricular activities. Note: Not all universities award GPAs, class division, or class rank. Applicants do not need to calculate any of these items if they are not reported by their universities.

Additional Academic Work: All additional academic work is relevant, including continuing education credits, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees in related and unrelated fields. If you didn't perform at a high level in some of your undergraduate classes, sometimes additional coursework may show stronger academic motivation and ability. If you don't have an analytic or mathematical undergraduate background, taking calculus or other business-related quantitative classes may bolster your preparation.

Test Scores: The General Management Admissions Test (GMAT) and Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) are one other part of the academic profile.

GMAT: The total GMAT score, as well as each section of the test, is evaluated. There are no minimum cut-off scores, though we are concerned about verbal and quantitative section values that fall below the 80% threshold. If you're disappointed with your test score and believe that with additional preparation you could improve your score, then we encourage you to retake the test. We always consider your highest total test score.

TOEFL: A complete command of the English language, including proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking is essential for success in Wharton's MBA program. All international applicants for the MBA Program, whose native language (language first learned and spoken at home) is not English, or who did not complete a degree from an institution where English was the language of instruction, are required to take the TOEFL in addition to the GMAT.

Other Credentials: Professional certifications such as the CPA, CFA, or MSE are considered as parts of your academic profile.

Essays
Instead of presenting what you think the Admissions Committee is looking for in response to essay questions, focus your energy on painting a concise, complete, and well-thought-out picture of who you truly are. Use the essays to elaborate your candidacy while answering the specific questions at hand within the suggested guidelines. It is important to answer all questions that we present, using good judgment with respect to length. We provide guidelines for word count that reflect our strong sense of how long an essay should be. We don't count words or expect you to list a word count, but if your essays are twice as long as the guidelines suggest, there may be a more concise way to address the question.

Candidates who have worked in nontraditional careers (or for companies that may not be as familiar to the Admissions Committee) will need to explain issues in a little more detail. If that's your situation, please feel free to write more while still using your good judgment. For more information about nontraditional backgrounds and careers at Wharton, please visit Nontraditional Students.

The optional essay is truly optional, and may be presented in one paragraph of 250 words or less. It should be used to highlight any inconsistencies your application may need to address, or you can use it to explain your choice of recommenders, if you believe they are not a traditional choice. We recommend that you don't skip over any issue that may present a concern to an evaluator.

If there is a potential issue (one poor semester/term at university within an otherwise impressive academic experience, a year out of your career to explore, etc.), explain its context, what you learned from the experience, as well as how it may affect your time at Wharton. If you do not explain the context, the Admissions Committee may make unfavorable assumptions.

First-Time Applicant Essays (this also includes those who applied for Fall 2003 or earlier)

1. Required: Describe your career progress to date and your future short-term and long-term career goals. How do you expect an MBA from Wharton to help you achieve these goals and why now? (1,000 words)
   
   
   
2. Required: Describe an impact you抳e had on an individual, group or organization. How has this experience been valuable to you or others? (500 words)
   
   
   
   
3. Required: Please complete two of the following three questions (500 words each):
   
   
   
   
   • Describe when you were part of a team where the group process and/or intended outcome failed. What did you learn?
     
     

     
     

   • Describe a situation where your values, ethics, or morals were challenged. How did you handle the situation?
     
     

     
     

   • Describe a personal characteristic or something in your background that will help the Admissions Committee to know you better.
   
   

   
   

4. Optional: If you feel there are extenuating circumstances of which the Committee should be aware, please explain them here (e.g., unexplained gaps in work experience, choice of recommenders, inconsistent or questionable academic performance, significant weaknesses in your application).

Reapplicant Essays (if you applied for Fall 2004 or Fall 2005; all other reapplicants are to complete the first-time applicant essays only)

Reapplicants are required to complete two essays, with the option of a third essay that may be used to address extenuating circumstances.

1. Required: Please describe your career progress to date and your future short-term and long-term career goals. How do you expect an MBA from Wharton to help you achieve these goals and why now? What steps have you taken to improve your candidacy since the last time you applied? (1,000 words)
   
   

   
   

2. Required: Please complete one of the following four questions (500 words):
   
   
   
   
   • Describe an impact you抳e had on an individual, group or organization. How has this experience been valuable to you or others?
     
     

     
     

   • Describe when you were part of a team where the group process and/or intended outcome failed. What did you learn?
     
     

     
     

   • Describe a situation where your values, ethics, or morals were challenged. How did you handle the situation?
     
     

     
     

   • Describe a personal characteristic or something in your background that will help the Admissions Committee to know you better.
   
   

   
   

3. Optional: If you feel there are extenuating circumstances of which the Committee should be aware, please explain them here (e.g., unexplained gaps in work experience, choice of recommenders, inconsistent or questionable academic performance, significant weaknesses in your application).

Additional Joint Wharton MBA/MA - Lauder Applicant Essays (these essays are in addition to the Wharton application essays above and are required)

1. Describe a cross-cultural experience in your adult life that was challenging to you. How did you meet this challenge and what did you learn from the experience? (1,000 words)
   
   

   
   

2. Please explain why you are currently applying to Lauder. How do you expect the Wharton/Lauder joint-degree experience to benefit you on both a professional and personal level? (1,000 words)

Recommendations
Beyond your personal essays, the Admissions Committee would like to learn about you from two independent people who know you well. We prefer recommendations from people who can speak directly about your aptitude for, or accomplishments in, management. Thus, work-related recommendations are more valuable than academic ones. Supplementary recommendations may be submitted, but they should offer additional and valuable insights not addressed in the two required recommendations.

Select the two people who really know you and your work, who you believe can best address the questions asked, not the two most important people you know. If a Wharton graduate happens to be one of those two people, he or she may be able to use his or her understanding of Wharton to describe how you will fit into the Wharton culture. Please don't seek out alumni if they aren't truly qualified to write about you.

These recommendations should address the range of questions asked on our Recommendation Form, but we're also looking for details, depth, and insight. Please make sure your recommenders understand that an effective recommendation is more than checking the right boxes and writing a couple of sentences. If the recommender believes that you are a good team player, he or she should present an example or two that illustrates that point. Useful recommendation letters are usually two to three pages long. You may want to brief your recommenders beforehand so they understand the competitive nature of the admissions process in which you are engaging.

Some candidates submit an additional recommendation. While this is acceptable, carefully consider whether the third recommendation will really add a new perspective.

Applicants working in family businesses, entrepreneurial environments, or other nontraditional environments will need to be more creative in terms of choosing recommenders (and perhaps use the optional essay to allow us to understand how you made your choices). You may consider clients, mentors, or those that you have worked with in the community.

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Evaluation Process
Academic Profile
We look at all your academic experiences to get a whole picture of your ability to succeed at Wharton. The academic rigor of your curriculum and the intellectual curiosity you have demonstrated are important. Wharton considers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional certification and continuing education credit in both related and unrelated fields. If you don't have a quantitative background, taking calculus or business-related quantitative classes may bolster your preparation.

GMAT scores also help us evaluate scholarship. We evaluate the overall score and each section of the test. There are no cutoff scores for the GMAT, though we are concerned about verbal and quantitative section scores that fall below 80 percent. If you're disappointed with your test results and believe you can do better with additional preparation, we encourage you to retake the test. We always consider your highest score.

Professional Development and Goals
The career choices you have made to date are important to the committee in evaluating your application. We also look at how you have distinguished yourself professionally. We do not place value on the type of work you have done, but rather on what you have gained from your experiences. Someone who has worked as a museum curator, for example, may be just as strong a candidate as someone who has been a business consultant. What you have contributed is more important than the industry, and what you've learned from successes and failures is most critical of all.

We are very interested in your short- and long-term goals and why business school, particularly the Wharton MBA program, represents an important step in achieving your goals. We assess your leadership potential as demonstrated at work, whether you were leading projects, affecting change within a team, or directly managing personnel. Leadership potential can be demonstrated in activities outside of work, during extracurricular activities as an undergraduate, or via current volunteer activities. We look for evidence of effective interpersonal skills because the Wharton environment emphasizes teamwork both inside and outside the classroom.

Presentation and Timing
The presentation of your application is critical to its success. Because so many of our candidates are highly qualified, the way you present your candidacy can be pivotal to our evaluation.

It is important for international students to possess English skills that are strong enough to be active learners and contributors in the program. We assess demonstrated comfort with spoken English in interviews and written English in the essays. Please see International Students for more information.

Finally, consider the timing of your application as part of your presentation. Wharton uses three rounds. Students are encouraged to submit their application to one of the first two rounds, because space can be limited in the third round at the close of the academic year.

Personal Qualities and Leadership
The Admissions Committee is interested in the whole person. What makes you unique, what can you contribute to the Wharton community? Specifically, we look for quality attributes: emotional intelligence (EQ), leadership potential, team skills, work/life balance, entrepreneurial spirit, and community engagement. These attributes are not mutually exclusive. There are certain events and stages of your career and life that should be able to demonstrate these attributes.

Emotional intelligence is your ability to understand the influence of emotions on yourself and others and to use intuition and principles to guide your behavior in a conscientious and ethical manner. In addition to emotional management, sensitivity, and self-awareness, other qualities associated with emotional intelligence include integrity, self-motivation, empathy, communication skills, and personal style.

Leadership may be demonstrated through your work experience, your involvement in communities outside of work, or your undergraduate activities. We would like to see how you have challenged yourself, how you have reached beyond your comfort zone, how you have affected change in your organization or led a team through a process. Some applicants, but not most, have managerial experience through work, which can be used to assess your potential in this area.

We consider extracurricular and volunteer leadership because we believe that applicants who get involved beyond what is required are well-rounded and want to make a difference in their communities. In addition, candidates should demonstrate a balance between work life and outside activities.

Team skills are essential to success in Wharton's curriculum because of our learning team structure. Students are randomly assigned to teams with a flat hierarchy. Each team is comprised of individuals from around the world, from multiple industries, and with diverse goals. Flexibility, tolerance for difference, and communications skills are all required to succeed.

Outside the classroom, we look to our students to work together to make Wharton a better place for everyone and to increase the opportunities available for each within our community. Wharton cultivates a collaborative environment, which can only be sustained by students motivated to operate in a team-based culture.

Entrepreneurial spirit does not necessarily mean that you have experience with an entrepreneurial business. Rather, it means you can think and behave in an entrepreneurial mode, continually moving forward. This is as important in large international companies as it is in small startups. We will therefore look at how you have challenged the status quo and made a difference, regardless of your environment.

Good citizenship, an individual's willingness to contribute to the common good, is a key value for Wharton. We believe that business leaders should fulfill their responsibilities to shareholders, workers, and customers to improve lives and unlock human potential within their own companies, communities, and the global marketplace.

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Interviews
We offer interviews by invitation, based upon a full review of your application. As someone selected to interview from a tremendously accomplished group of individuals around the world, you should feel excited to communicate your background, your interests, your plans, and your decision to pursue an MBA at Wharton. Likewise, the admissions staff will be interested in meeting you and learning more about you. Don抰 worry too much about specific preparations for the interview. Simply being the author of your application and feeling comfortable with it is excellent preparation in itself.

Interview questions will focus on the reasons behind your career trajectory, and the personal qualities that comprise your emotional intelligence. We will use the interview, which will be a thirty-minute conversation, to assess your communication skills. Be prepared to talk about yourself, and pace your answers. Don抰 spend 20 minutes answering the first question.

Wharton offers interviews on campus and at locations around the world. Bring your energy and passion to the interview, and engage the interviewer in a healthy discussion. The interviewer will play off your enthusiasm, so the more you can bring to the discussion, the more productive your 30 minutes will be.

Lauder applicants: if you are invited to interview, you will complete two interviews: one with the Lauder program and one with the MBA program. The Lauder interview will focus on your international interests and experience, personal qualities, general fit for Lauder, and your ability to commence and manage the two programs beginning in late April.

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Admissions Decisions
All decisions are released via the applicant's secure webpage on Wharton's Online Status Check and Decision System only.

Admission to the Wharton MBA
We offer clear admission to highly qualified candidates pending confirmation of their official transcripts and test scores.

Conditional Admission
We offer conditional admission to candidates who clearly demonstrate significant potential for success both within the Wharton MBA program and post MBA, but who we feel need additional preparation before beginning the Wharton MBA program. Conditional admission is typically based on the need for strengthening the analytical background or improving English communications skills.

Wait List
If you are placed on the wait list, we ask that if you wish to withdraw your application from consideration, please send an e-mail to mba.admissions@wharton.upenn.edu with the subject header "Waitlist Remove." Candidates can expect to remain on the wait list until the following round of decisions are released. There is no rank to the wait list, no feedback is provided to candidates while they remain on it, and we do not wish to receive additional information for your file.

Denied Admission
If you are denied admission, and you plan to reapply, you can request a feedback telephone interview to determine how the decision was made. We understand the time and effort that was put into each application and believe that it is important to offer additional insight on the decision-making process. We receive approximately 1,000 reapplications each year. Most reapplicants have typically received feedback from the admissions committee before reapplying. For more information, visit Reapplication Procedures.

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Reapplication Procedures
If you have submitted an application to Wharton and were not successful, we encourage you to reapply for the next academic year. Approximately 10 percent of Wharton's applicant pool are reapplicants in any given year.

Wharton keeps applications on file for 2 years, so reapplicants don't need to resubmit transcripts or test scores unless there has been a change in these components. The most important thing is that you demonstrate through essays, subsequent career growth, and/or academic preparation that you are a stronger candidate who will add to the Wharton community.

For Fall 2003 and 2004 applicants, completed data forms (1 and 2), or the entire online data forms and two additional letters of recommendation.

Any candidate who applied prior to Fall 2003 must complete an entirely new application. (We keep applications on file for two years.)

Students who wish to reapply, and who had previously applied for entry in 2003 or 2004, may contact the MBA office (call 215.898.6183) to schedule a feedback session with an admissions officer.

We look forward to discussing your application with you and answering any questions you may have about our review process. Due to the demands on the office, we are unable to conduct these sessions during the Admissions Reading Season (October through May). A limited number of appointments are available. Last year, we conducted more than 1,500 feedback sessions. Approximately 10 percent of candidates admitted this past year were reapplicants, and the acceptance rate for this group was 21 percent.

Join the Student-2-Student discussion boards, where you can post questions, find answers, and meet other reapplicants.

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International Students
Displaying our commitment to having students from around the world, this year's entering students represent 58 countries. To assemble such a diverse student group, this year Wharton will visit about 40 countries to host receptions and conduct interviews.

Application Issues
International candidates must have a college-level education equivalent to a 4-year American undergraduate or baccalaureate degree. There are a number of universities around the world that offer 3-year undergraduate programs. If you received a bachelor's degree upon completion of one of these undergraduate programs, you are eligible to apply to Wharton's MBA program. Many candidates from 3-year programs have a master's degree as well, but it is not required.

When applying, list all post-secondary educational institutions you have attended, including technical and professional schools. Use the full, actual names of the institutions attended, and provide the titles of all diplomas or degrees earned.

Submit only official academic records from educational institutions to the Wharton School. Official records are defined as original documents issued by the institution and bearing the actual (not photocopied) signature of the registrar and the institutional seal. Records issued only once by institutions should be photocopied and certified as official copies either by school officials or legal authorities such as embassies or notaries public. Please do not send the original of an academic record that cannot be replaced.

If you have attended more than one institution, submit official records from each institution, with the exception of study-abroad programs. If academic records and diplomas are not issued in English by the institution, submit both the official record and an authorized English translation.

All translations should be complete and literal renditions of the original record. Records should show the date of enrollment, courses taken, units of credit or time allotted to each subject during each term or year, your marks or ratings in each subject, and, if available, your rank in the total class or group.

The institutional grading scale or other standards of evaluation, including minimum passing and failing marks, and definition of grades between them, should appear on official records or provide them as an attachment.

TOEFL
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is required for all international applicants whose native language is not English. You may waive the TOEFL if you have earned an undergraduate degree or master's degree in an English-speaking country or from an institution in which English is the language of instruction; applicants must provide evidence to support the waiver. If your test score is more than 2 years old (from the date of the exam to the date of application arrival), you must retake the test. Administered by ETS, the TOEFL is offered throughout the year at test centers worldwide. Wharton only accepts official TOEFL scores sent by ETS.

Wharton's TOEFL code is: 2926-02.

Admitted Students
English Language Programs
The English Language Programs (ELP) at the University of Pennsylvania offers two summer study options for international students who wish to improve their language skills prior to entering the MBA program at Wharton.

The Summer Institute for International Business Students (SIIBS) is a 4-week pre-MBA program that runs during the month of July. SIIBS combines advanced-level oral and written communications skills classes with guest business lectures by Wharton faculty; visits to companies and government agencies in the Philadelphia, New York and/or Washington, DC, areas; and social-cultural activities. In oral skills classes, students work on impromptu speaking, presentation skills, listening, analysis and discussion of business cases, and pronunciation and fluency. In writing skills, the focus is on academic reading and writing, case analysis, library research methods, and test-taking and study skills. Entry requirements for the SIIBS program include a copy of your MBA admissions acceptance letter.

For students who need more training, ELP's Intensive Program Summer 1 session is a good option. This 8-week program runs from late April to late June and offers academic preparation and business English classes at three intermediate levels and one advanced level. Intermediate and advanced level students choose some or all of their courses; ELP advisors assist students in selecting the courses best suited to their MBA preparation goals and language needs.

Full-time students study in classes for 20 hours per week; there are no entry requirements for the Intensive Program. Students may also progress from Summer 1 into the SIIBS program in July.

Students in both SIIBS and the Intensive Program receive certificates upon completion of their program. Upon request, Wharton provides official grade and progress reports for conditionally admitted students. For more information, please visit the ELP website: www.sas.upenn.edu/elp or e-mail ELP at elp@sas.upenn.edu.

Visas
Admitted Wharton MBA students will receive in their Admit Packet an "Application for the I-20 or DS-2019 Form." Complete and mail the form directly to The Office of International Programs (OIP). Upon receipt of this application form, OIP will process and send you either a Form I-20 (for an F-1 visa) or Form DS-2019 (for a J-1 visa). The processing time for either of these two immigration documents takes approximately three weeks from the time OIP receives your "Application for the I-20 or DS-2019 Form", so please plan accordingly. Moreover, you must submit the "Application for the I-20 or DS-2019 Form" to OIP at least six weeks before beginning your academic program at Penn.

Furthermore, if you are interested in joining ELP, then you should register to an ELP program prior to submitting an "Application for the I-20 or DS-2019 Form" to OIP where you should include this information.

When you receive your I-20 or DS-2019 Form, you will be required to present this immigration document, your passport, and original financial documents to a U.S. Consular Officer to obtain your entry visa stamp to the United States (Exception: Canadian citizens are not required to obtain an entry visa for the U.S). OIP recommends students contact the U.S. Consulate directly for visa application instructions since they differ from country to country and more so because there have been significant waiting times for visa interviews.

You will be mailed more detailed information and instructions about these procedures with the "Application for the I-20 or DS-2019 Form". For additional immigration information and other matters concerning international students, please visit the web-site of the Office of International Programs.

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